By B Ruby Rich
Club Des Femmes are screening A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here as part of our unmissable programme USE UR FINGERS: QUEER SHORTS FROM DIY PUNK TO DIGITAL at the 2023 London Short Film Festival, Saturday 28 Jan, 22.15pm, Rio Cinema. Book ur tickets!
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This sexy, unapologetic film is the bastard child of 70s/80s lesbianism, re-imagined for Brazil today. When a dyke elder on a motorcycle meets a gang of young lovelies eager to bring her body back to life, a true movie celebration ensues. Only in Brazil!
Sarmet’s idyll merges the lessons of early US lesbian-feminism with the fabled golden age of Brazilian lesbian culture, creating a movie that rewards desire and believes in happy endings. Taking a cue from Audre Lorde while updating the fantasy for the genderqueer youngsters of today’s Brazil, Sarmet manage to create an olive branch to the past that is also a musical route forward to the future.
